Kanji1 / 6
吸 kanji
suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
キュウ
Kun readings
すう
Words with 吸
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3吸収Popularabsorption; suction; attraction
- N3呼吸Popularbreathing; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something); harmony; balance; synchronization; accord; short interval; short pause
- —吸引Popularabsorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
- —吸入Popularinhalation
- —吸血鬼Popularvampire; bloodsucker
- —呼吸器Popularrespiratory organs
- —人工呼吸Popularartificial respiration
- —吸気inhalation (of air); inhaled air; intake (e.g. of air)
- —吸血bloodsucking; sucking blood
- —吸塵dust vacuuming
- —吸着adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
- —吸盤suction cup; suction pad; sucker
- —吸水water absorption
- —吸音sound absorption
- —吸湿moisture absorbing
- —吸飲sucking in
- —吸虫trematode; fluke
- —吸茎fellatio; irrumation
- —吸汗absorbing sweat
- —吸煙smoking